dystrophy
[dis´trah-fe] any disorder due to defective or faulty nutrition, especially
muscular dystrophy. adj.,
adj dystroph´ic.
adiposogenital dystrophy adiposity of the feminine type, genital hypoplasia, changes in secondary sex characters, and metabolic disturbances; seen with lesions of the hypothalamus; see also
adiposogenital dystrophy.
Becker's muscular dystrophy (
Becker type muscular dystrophy) a form closely resembling Duchenne's
muscular dystrophy, but having a later onset and milder course; transmitted as an X-linked recessive trait.
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (
Duchenne type muscular dystrophy) The childhood type of
muscular dystrophy.
myotonic dystrophy a rare, slowly progressive, hereditary disease, marked by myotonia followed by muscular atrophy (especially of the face and neck), cataracts, hypogonadism, frontal balding, and cardiac disorders. Called also
dystrophia myotonica,
myotonia atrophica, and
myotonia dystrophica.
pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy muscular dystrophy affecting the shoulder and pelvic girdles, beginning in childhood and marked by increasing weakness, pseudohypertrophy of the muscles, followed by atrophy, and a peculiar swaying gait with the legs kept wide apart. Called also
pseudohypertrophic muscular paralysis.
reflex sympathetic dystrophy a syndrome of chronic pain that usually develops after a trauma or noxious stimulus, although the nerve injury cannot be immediately identified. The pain is not limited to the distribution of a single nerve and is often out of proportion to the precipitating event. It is most often described as a burning pain, and is accompanied by swelling, sweating, sensitivity to touch, and sometimes changes in tissue growth. Called also
chronic or
complex regional pain syndrome. Clinical practice guidelines have been published by the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association of America and are available on their web site at http://www.rsds.org or by writing to Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association of America, P.O. Box 502, Milford CT 06460.
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Duchenne,
Guillaume B.A., French neurologist, 1806-1875. Duchenne attitude - paralysis of trapezius resulting in shoulder lowering on external rotation.
Duchenne dystrophy - the most common childhood muscular dystrophy, with onset usually before age 6. Synonym(s):
childhood muscular dystrophy;
Duchenne disease (1);
Duchenne-Griesinger disease;
pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy Duchenne-Erb paralysis - Synonym(s):
Erb palsy Duchenne-Erb syndrome - Synonym(s):
Erb palsy Duchenne paralysis - brachial birth palsy in which there is paralysis of upper arm and shoulder girdle muscles due to lesion of upper trunk of brachial plexus or roots of fifth and sixth cervical roots.
Duchenne sign - falling in of the epigastrium during inspiration in paralysis of the diaphragm.
Duchenne syndrome - subacute or chronic anterior spinal paralysis combined with multiple neuritis.
Erb-Duchenne paralysis - Synonym(s):
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